Chapter 5 theo

Chapter 5 theo

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  Madeline Schmidt<br />2-22-2010<br/>Theology 2nd Block<br />Building a City of God: Holiness in the wilderness, leadership in the world.
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  Monasticism: The Questfor Holiness
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  The movement ofmen and women away from the world to pursue holiness which came to be known as monasticism.
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  Antony of Egypt:Pioneer Hermit
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  Antony of Egyptwas one of the earliest of the religious pioneers.
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  The Appeal ofthe Hermit’s Wisdom
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  Toward “Purity ofHeart”
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  Thomas Merton, perhapsthe best-known modern monk
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  Love as theFruit of Prayer
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  Contemplation- Being silentlypresent or attentive to the loving God.
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  Basil’s Rule forCommunal Monastic Life
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  Basil recognized thatthe practices of monastic life should not be determined by individual monks’ ideas of what would lead to holiness
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  Jerome: The Monkas Scholar
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  Jerome made atremendous contribution to the life of the church through his scholarship, especially his study and translation of the Bible.
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  A Bible forthe Common Person
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  Latin Vulgate wasthe Latin Version of the Bible which took 15 years to finish.
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  The Legacy ofAmbrose and Augustine
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  Augustine is oneof the most significant figures in Christian history.
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  Ambrose was Augustine’smentor.
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  Augustine: Longing for“the City of God”
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  In search ofmeaning
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  Manichaean- believing thatone god created good another created evil, and therefore no one was responsible for his or her sins.
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  From Convert toBishop
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  The Confessions –Augustine’s autobiography.